# Remember when wheat bread was fringe...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-when-wheat-bread-was-fringe/198299>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 28, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-when-wheat-bread-was-fringe/198299 "2003-08-28T22:58:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-when-wheat-bread-was-fringe/198299/1 "2003-08-28T22:58:22Z")

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…and only the looniest health nuts touched that scary brown stuff while the rest of us swore by white? Now even mom wouldn’t be caught without at least 6 grains in her loaf and a half pound of Kalamata olives. Wheat is uber-dull. Heh, the times, huh?

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-when-wheat-bread-was-fringe/198299/2 "2003-08-28T23:10:12Z")

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> Remember when wheat bread was fringe… …and only the looniest health nuts touched that scary brown stuff while the rest of us swore by white?

Um, no?

I do remember when it seemed like there was a set dichotomy between “White” and “60% Whole Wheat.”

Then I guess someone noticed if you make whole-grain or multigrain bread widely available, people will buy it.

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**Author:** ![dannyv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@dannyv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dannyv)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-when-wheat-bread-was-fringe/198299/3 "2003-08-28T23:10:17Z")

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remember when raw fish was gross, and liver was good for you?

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**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-when-wheat-bread-was-fringe/198299/4 "2003-08-28T23:12:52Z")

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Remember when red meat was good for you and margarine was only for poor people ?

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**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-when-wheat-bread-was-fringe/198299/5 "2003-08-29T00:53:57Z")

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Yeah, I remember when wheat bread was fringe. It decorated all of my grooviest clothing in the 70s.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-when-wheat-bread-was-fringe/198299/6 "2003-08-29T01:05:48Z")

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I like rye.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-when-wheat-bread-was-fringe/198299/7 "2003-08-29T01:17:16Z")

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> Yeah, I remember when wheat bread was fringe. It decorated all of my grooviest clothing in the 70s.

Thanks for the image of Elton John belting out “I remember when wheat bread was fringe… Me and Dagwood used to binge…”